About Dighepur Village

Dighepur is a mid sized village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 696, made up of 358 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 362.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dighepur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dighepur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Pithora
Pincode	493551
Area (hectares)	362.36 hectares
Population	696
Male Population	358
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dighepur compares

By the 2011 count Dighepur is the 119th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 362.36 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Dighepur

Dighepur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dighepur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dighepur from other places

Dighepur lies about 48 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bagbahra, about 26 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Dighepur
Tehsil headquarters	Pithora	2.6 km
Nearest railway station	Bagbahra	26 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	48 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	48 km

Villages closest to Dighepur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pithora tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Dighepur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dighepur village had a population of 696. That makes it the 119th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Dighepur village has 358 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dighepur has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Dighepur is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dighepur covers 362.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dighepur falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dighepur is Bagbahra, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dighepur.

Dighepur is about 48 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dighepur is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Pithora is about 2.6 km away. Bagbahra is about 26 km away. Mahasamund is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.